Ziad A. Akl

Ziad A. Akl is a political analyst and sociologist. He is a senior researcher at the Egyptian Studies Unit in Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
96 Articles

The war for Egyptian minds

Elections in Egypt are a game that depends primarily on non-political existence.

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Is Egypt making sense?

The past two weeks were very difficult to anyone who is trying…

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Who can oppose the Muslim Brotherhood?

Morsy’s administration and the Muslim Brotherhood’s blatant domination, vulgar exclusion of other…

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100 days of Morsy

One hundred days have passed since that afternoon when the official result…

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Orientalist Democracy

The “Orientalist” dimension makes the Western outlook of the democratic process in…

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Political Insanity

The political context in which we live at the moment cannot tolerate…

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The logic of “insult” and the roots of protest

The protests that shook several Arab countries in the past week and…

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The Day the Music Died!

The real threat comes from a society that refuses to accept individuals…

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The Social Media Illusion

The demonstrations of August 24 did not turn out to be politically…

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Thoughts on new alliances

January 2011 created a new set of alliances between the three main…

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